Bill Text: NY A07213 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires certain professionals to provide and the state education department to collect information about the practice of their professions.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-05-28 - print number 7213a [A07213 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A07213-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         7213--A

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     April 12, 2019
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  FAHY, BYRNE -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Higher Education -- recommitted to the Committee on High-
          er Education in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2  --  committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education law, in relation to requiring certain
          professionals to provide and the state education department to collect
          information about the practice of  their  professions;  and  repealing
          certain provisions of such law relating thereto

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6502-a
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 6502-a. Renewal of professional license, certification, or registra-
     4  tion. 1. This section shall apply to healthcare professionals  licensed,
     5  certified,  registered  or  authorized pursuant to this title other than
     6  those licensed or registered pursuant to article one hundred  thirty-one
     7  of this title.
     8    2.  In  conjunction  with  and  as  a  condition  of each registration
     9  renewal, the professionals described in subdivision one of this  section
    10  shall  provide to the department, and the department shall collect, such
    11  information and documentation required by the department,  in  consulta-
    12  tion  with  the  department  of  health,  as  is necessary to enable the
    13  department of health to evaluate  access  to  needed  services  in  this
    14  state,  including,  but not limited to, the location and type of setting
    15  in which the professional practices and other relevant information.  The
    16  department  of  health,  in consultation with the department, shall make
    17  such data available in  aggregate,  de-identified  form  on  a  publicly
    18  accessible website.
    19    3.  The  dates by which the professionals described in subdivision one
    20  of this section must comply with the requirements of subdivision two  of

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10964-02-0
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     1  this  section  shall  be  determined  by  the department and may vary by
     2  profession, to allow the development and refinement of necessary program
     3  features and to allow sufficient  advanced  notice  to  be  provided  to
     4  affected  professionals.  The provisions of this section shall be effec-
     5  tive only if and for so  long  as  an  appropriation  is  made  for  the
     6  purposes of its implementation.
     7    §  2.  Paragraph (e) of subdivision 3 of section 6902 of the education
     8  law is REPEALED.
     9    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.